Analyzer

Nothing personal at all! What I have is an opinion based on knowledge, you may refer to post #230 above. I have NO knowledge of that particular incident but it does sound typical. If the BOE has vetted (investigated to discover) and are satisfied, then keep on keepin on. :thumb:

Fact #1 He is not retired! Fact #2 He never worked for KSP!

Wrong again! He was a physical fitness instructor at the Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) which happens to be located at EKU. The Kentucky State Police (KSP) training academy is located in Frankfort.

Not retired and never KSP!

BEEChnut = BEECHwood Just guessin though, lol

You obviously know nothing of his background. First ask why he is not able to stay in any of the jobs that make up his background for what most people call a career!

Offensively it has to be their inside running game and play action passing on first and second downs. And taking care of the ball. Defensively it would have to be their ability to pressure the passer. They have a tendency to give up big plays at times (usually early in the game).

Great insight, none about football and just enough about stickymitts!

What base offense/defense do the Bluebirds employ?

I hate to second guess an experienced and proven coaching staff. it would seem that they probably came in with a game plan based on BS's defensive alignments and tendancies. The problems were created once the Tomcats were forced into a comeback situation on a nasty night and into a howling wind in the fourth quarter.

How many pages of the playbook do you think it would take before a very promising FRESHMAN QB would melt down from sensory overload?

The most impressive thing I saw last night was the Tomcat's ability to grind out first downs and later gash a defense that was playing eight men in the box. In the fourth quarter WC was even walking their free safety up to put a ninth man at the line of scrimmage at the snap. WC playing variations of a 5-3 and a 6-2 goaline type front from the beginning of the game. And did anyone see the crushing block that Josh Alber had on a sweep right in front of the WC bench? I think it was against the WC corner.

I loved the total domination that the Tomcats exhibited last night. I was a little concerned with what seemed like a lack of concentration once they got out to the big lead. That having been said, I thought the coaching staff made excellent decisions by resting some of the dinged up players early which may have contributed to the penalties etc.

What was impressive was the way that Ashland would convert long yardage situations with an inside trap play to the fullback. It looked like they were trapping the 3 technique. In the second half MC would put a linebacker down on the nose, so then Tomcats would run off tackle or outside. Pretty smart play calling and execution. At times it almost looked like the freshman QB for Ashland was changing the plays at the line. Does anyone know if that was the case?

Lee Evans is a former Tomcat player and assistant coach who is a tireless worker and truely loves teaching these young men this great game!

Number 54 for MC was the stud. He was the player that gave the Tomcats fits in the first half. The big boy just took up space and had very heavy feet from the get-go>

Ashland 20 MC 7 Ashland's kicker always shanks the first PAT.

Does anyone know if Russell spends any practice time on drop back passing? Spreading the field with formations, shotgun etc?

I have never seen The Russell defensive front bounce around in so many different alignments. They appeared to trying to guess where the Tomcats were going to run the ball next. One time they would be in a straight 50 front, the next time they would cover both guards and the center. I was surprised they did not bring more people up on the ball than Ashland had blockers. A 6-2 look or even a gap 8. Russell was outmanned in their 50.

If Russel scores 28 in the first half, Ashland won't have five possessions. I believe 3rd and long for Ashland is a major problem unless they begin to use option, screens and draws in those situations. Ashland does not seem to have many minus yardage plays except when in obvious passing situations.

I agree totally, in order to do that a QB must be able to keep his eyes down field and feel when it is time to tuck and run or throw it away.

If Ashland hopes to to be in this in the second half, they will need to find a more efficient way to make substitutions and to get special team players on the field without burning timeouts. It appeared as if they have had much trouble in this area and it looked as if the players that are on these packages and special teams have to be found by the coaches to be put in the game. What happened to the days when players were tugging on coaches shirt tails chomping at the bit to get in the game?

Defensively all the Devil's will need to do is load the box and stop the run. The Tomcat passing game is non existent at this point. The O-line is providing protection but I do not believe the cats could complete 50% if they were throwing on air.

I was at the game and it appeared as if the Ashland QB was wishing he could just hand the ball off. When passing he was chuckin and duckin and wanted no part of the option, he would just fall down when a defender was near. Gut check time if he wants to continue to lead that team.

This was true in the past, but has not been the case for several years. Many of the long time assistant coaches have accepted a reduction in their percentage to allow for more coaches to be paid that were volunteers before.